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When was the last time you did something to make all of podcasting
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- not just your podcast - better?
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We're all in this together, so here are 9 things that you can start
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doing to give back to podcasting.
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Hello, and welcome to another Podcast Pontifications with me, Evo Terra.
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If you've listened to me for a while, you know that I am focused on making
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podcasting better, not just easier.
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Oftentimes, that starts with a podcaster making their own podcast better.
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But what if we took a wider view and took some liberty with the words of
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America's 35th president, "Ask not what podcasting can do for you, but
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ask what you can do for podcasting."
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Cheesy and a rather obvious quote, but here are nine ideas, in no
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particular order, that you could examine and with notably less cheese.
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All right.
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you could write a niche newsletter and share
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your knowledge with the world.
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Now, when I say a niche newsletter, remember, there are a lot of 101, how
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to get started podcasting newsletters.
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And if you want to do one of those fine, but I would counsel you to think more
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about what is the thing that you do better than anyone else that you know?
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What is your real secret sauce?
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Can you write a newsletter about that?
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Can you be that narrowly focused and write on a regular basis for people?
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We would love to have that knowledge in the podisphere.
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buy something that is advertised on a podcast.
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Not necessarily a mattress, but definitely buy something that is from
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an ad of a podcast you're listening to.
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Especially if it's a smaller podcast that managed to get an ad.
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Almost all of those ad deals are predicated on people actively using them.
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Sometimes they just want branding, but most of the time
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they want to get something back.
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So you can go do that.
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Also, one more thing, a lot of the offers you hear on a podcast are free trials.
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So visit, use the code, do the free trial thing, and if you like it, great.
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Not out of any money if you don't like it.
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But if you like it, keep using it.
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Any sort of signal like that shows those advertisers that
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podcast is worth investing in.
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And when that podcast is worth investing in, maybe they'll keep podcasting
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because they keep getting paid to do it.
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volunteer to help at a podcast event because I think
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podcasting events are coming back 2022.
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I'm hopeful.
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It sure looks that way.
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I mean, sure, you can speak at these events if that's what you want to do, or
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you could submit to speak to those events.
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But keep in mind that events like these are always hungry for volunteers, people
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to run the day of show stuff, whether it's working the booth to check people in or
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providing information, getting around.
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People always need help at these events.
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So think about volunteering at a podcasting event.
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participate in Pod Rev Day.
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That's Podcast Review Day.
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It's the eighth of every month.
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I don't talk about it on the show.
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I'm going to start, I'm going to change the way I do that.
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Or just do reviews for people.
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You don't have to wait until the eighth to do a review.
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Podcasters love it when they get reviews.
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While they don't necessarily help in boosting the ranking,
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they're nice social proof.
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So use Podchaser or whatever platform you're listening to just use that, but
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leave reviews for the shows that you love.
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share podcasts that you love outside of podcasting circles.
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Sure, you want to tell me about a podcast you love, I'm happy to hear about that.
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But what about the people who are not in podcasting that you
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interact with on a regular basis?
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Yeah, your friends and your family, but also, I'm thinking coworkers, people
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that you interact with online, in other groups that are not related to podcasting.
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Share those IHNIs.
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Remember IHNIs?
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"I had no idea?"
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Those high-quality podcasts that make people go, "Wow, I had no idea
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this is what podcasting can be."
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Share those podcasts with people who are not yet into podcasting.
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as a podcaster, try out new tools and services and share on your
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social channels the ones you really love.
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You know, we have to try new things.
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A lot of podcasters get stuck and they don't know how to get out of things.
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So if you're the curious person, like I'm a curious person, and you like
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to try new things, talk about them.
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Maybe there's a podcaster following you on a social channel who's got the
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problem and they're just looking for that tool they just didn't know existed.
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You can help them get unstuck.
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offer to be a mentor to another podcaster who
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has less experience than you.
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And there are a variety of ways you can do that.
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The podcast Academy has a mentorship program for members helping members.
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You don't get paid for this.
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Every week or every two weeks, you meet with your mentee and you just
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talk for a while and you share your knowledge and ideas with them.
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It's a great way to help boost podcasting one podcaster at a time.
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host a local podcasting meetup in your town.
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Or if you live in a really big town like me, I live in Phoenix, it's the
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fifth largest metroplex in the country, you can maybe start a podcast local
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meetup just for your section of town.
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Giving that encouragement to other podcasters, camaraderie if you will, and
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just getting people out of the house now that we can leave the house once again.
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Talking to other podcasters who do this is a wonderful recharging thing,
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which will get people more excited and interested, which leads me to
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- Number nine: start collaborating
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Maybe the ones from your local meetup, maybe the ones from your social circles.
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Just start collaborating.
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Form alliances.
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Start generating that network effect across podcasts.
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Think about building new podcasts together if you want to.
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There's so much you can do when you share and collaborate with other podcasters.
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If you have some podcasters that you want to share this with, please send them a
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link to this article or this episode to give them some ideas of what else we could
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do to help make podcasting better because it works when we're all helping out.
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Now if you love these ideas, one thing I want you to do, show me
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your love and appreciation by going to buymeacoffee.com/EvoTerra
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and buy me a virtual coffee.
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That's it.
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I shall be back tomorrow with yet another Podcast Pontifications.
